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Also if Toyota had their way Audi Sport and Porsche would still be in LMP1. They do want to race against other OEMs as well as race a hybrid. Getting AMR onboard, even with the LMP1 Hypercar concessions, is better than nothing or having to wait until 2022 for Peugeot.
Also, TMG were trying to lobby for reduced costs or other ways of rationalizing costs. Hypercar in theory allows for significant budget cuts, as well as rationalizing costs by possibly selling customer cars. Other than having the best package, why do you think Oreca is happy with LMP2? Oreca has probably made a ton of Euros off sales of the Oreca 07 and support packages. And that's what AMR also pushed for since they want to have customer teams in hypercar, and I'd think that Toyota might also jump at the right opportunity.
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